Skip to content
Bible Study

Lexicon entry · Hebrew

H0977בָּחַרba.char

to choosePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

Lexicon
From STEPBible's TBESH (CC BY 4.0)

Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 3
  5. 31
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 12
  10. 9
  11. 13
  12. 2
  13. 10
  14. 16
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 14
  20. 8
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. 1
  23. 20
  24. 4
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. 3
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

World English Bible is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

171 occurrences in 163 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Isaiah 58:6

    Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

    אֶבְחָרֵהוּ֒ (אֶבְחָרֵ) 'ev.cha.re. “[which] I choose”

  2. Isaiah 65:12

    I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight.

    בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃ be.char.Tem “you chose”

  3. Isaiah 66:3

    He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [supplied: as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:

    בָּֽחֲרוּ֙ ba.cha.Ru “they have chosen”

  4. Isaiah 66:4

    I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight.

    אֶבְחַ֣ר 'ev.Char “I will choose”בָּחָֽרוּ׃ ba.Cha.ru “they chose”

  5. Jeremiah 8:3

    Death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them, says Yahweh of Hosts.

    וְנִבְחַ֥ר (נִבְחַ֥ר) niv.Char “it will be chosen”

  6. Jeremiah 33:24

    Don't you consider what this people has spoken, saying, The two families which Yahweh did choose, he has cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

    בָּחַ֧ר ba.Char “he chose”

  7. Jeremiah 49:19

    Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?

    בָח֖וּר va.Chur “[is] chosen”

  8. Jeremiah 50:44

    Behold, [supplied: the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

    בָח֖וּר va.Chur “[is] chosen”

  9. Ezekiel 20:5

    and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;

    בָּחֳרִ֣י (בָּחֳרִ֣) bo.cho.R “chose”

  10. Haggai 2:23

    In that day, says Yahweh of Hosts, will I take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says Yahweh, 'and will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,' says Yahweh of Hosts."

    בָחַ֔רְתִּי va.Char.ti “I have chosen”

  11. Zechariah 1:17

    "Proclaim further, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem."'"

    וּבָחַ֥ר (בָחַ֥ר) va.Char “he will choose”

  12. Zechariah 2:12

    Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

    וּבָחַ֥ר (בָחַ֥ר) va.Char “he will choose”

  13. Zechariah 3:2

    Yahweh said to Satan, "Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! Yes, Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn't this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?"

    הַבֹּחֵ֖ר (בֹּחֵ֖ר) bo.Cher “has chosen”